Patrick Waweru

Experience

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  ALLY INNOVATION LTD

  Jan 2020 - Jul 2021

  For this role, my role shifted a little bit to an Android Engineer joining the core team that was tasked with developing a social application that was meant and tailored for Africans to create a platform where Africans could share their stories using media or even text posts. In this role, I joined as an intern tasked to create a managementdashboard using vuejs and Golang of the company’s flagship product, Storiez App: sincewe were two, I took the back-end work while the other intern didthe front-end work. The dashboard provided real-time metrics ofthe app usage.

  • Software Engineer - Android

    Mar 2020 - Jul 2021

  • Software Engineer Intern

    Jan 2020 - Mar 2020
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  F.R.O.G

  Jul 2020 - Aug 2021

  Consulting Software Engineer

  FROG Technologies, a technology agency, hired me as a part-time Engineer. While working for them, I had the opportunity to collaborate with customers ranging from a P2P eCommerce business called TradePoint to a social media program called Shuzia in Nigeria for Christians to mingle and share testimonies.More information: https://www.linkedin.com/company/myshuzia/https://www.linkedin.com/company/tradepoint-inc/

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  Onfon Media Limited

  Jul 2021 - Feb 2022

  Full Stack Engineer

  I joined Onfon as a full stack engineer in this position to assist them in achieving their goal of influencing, innovating, and having an influence on the sectors they were in as well as new ones. Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Nigeria, and Mozambique are markets served by the telecom firm Onfon. sports betting, bulk SMS services, fintech, and value-added services are just a few of the things available.

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  Andela

  Jan 2022 - Oct 2023

  Software Engineer

  Andela provides companies with access to the top 1% of global tech talent. We identify high-potential developers on the African continent, shape them into world-class technical leaders, and pair them with companies as full-time, distributed team members. This allows Andela's partners, which range from startups to Fortune 500s, to accelerate their product roadmaps while minimizing time spent interviewing, on-boarding, and training new hires.

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  TalkSay

  Feb 2022 - Aug 2023

  I joined the team as a founding Engineer to help the business create a system that encourages West African users and Africa as a whole to socialize and earn web3 tokens in audio rooms without incurring additional data charges (we are data-free).

  • Lead Software Engineer

    Sept 2022 - Aug 2023

  • Founding Engineer

    Feb 2022 - Aug 2022
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  MoPhones

  Mar 2024 - now

  Platform Engineer

  - Building and maintaining the production environment running on k8s- Implementation of GitOps and CI/CD Pipelines- Automating the Infrastructure using Terraform